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April 2020
Stress Relief and Mindfulness
The Professional Development Initiative and University Recreation present: STRESS RELIEF AND MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP *** This event will be delivered via Zoom*** Presentation by: Dr. Cecilia Richards Professor School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering & UREC Group Fitness Instructor Graduate school can be stressful, competitive, and extremely demanding under normal conditions. Graduate students experience high rates of burnout and mental health problems from unrelenting workloads and pressure. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying uncertainty and social upheaval amplifies anxiety and stress levels. Learn…
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The Professional Development Initiative and University Recreation present: STRESS RELIEF AND MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP *** This event will be delivered via Zoom*** Presentation by: Dr. Cecilia Richards Professor School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering & UREC Group Fitness Instructor Graduate school can be stressful, competitive, and extremely demanding under normal conditions. Graduate students experience high rates of burnout and mental health problems from unrelenting workloads and pressure. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying uncertainty and social upheaval amplifies anxiety and stress levels. Learn…
Find out more »Stress Relief and Mindfulness
The Professional Development Initiative and University Recreation present: STRESS RELIEF AND MINDFULNESS WORKSHOP *** This event will be delivered via Zoom*** Presentation by: Dr. Cecilia Richards Professor School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering & UREC Group Fitness Instructor Graduate school can be stressful, competitive, and extremely demanding under normal conditions. Graduate students experience high rates of burnout and mental health problems from unrelenting workloads and pressure. The Covid-19 pandemic and the accompanying uncertainty and social upheaval amplifies anxiety and stress levels. Learn…
Find out more »September 2020
Graduate Student Prestigious Fellowship Workshop
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: GRADUATE STUDENT PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP Dr. Michael Kahn, Institute of Biological Chemistry, CAHNRS This --VIRTUAL-- event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty You are invited to attend the free and virtual Graduate Student Prestigious Fellowship Workshop! This workshop will walk you through the process of applying for major prestigious fellowships but will focus more than it has in previous years on concepts that can help in…
Find out more »Graduate Time Management Workshop
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: Balancing it all: A practical guide to project management Amanda Morgan, Associate Director, Academic Success and Career Center This --VIRTUAL-- event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty The demands of graduate school far exceed cognitive load alone. Between course work and the needs of your assistantship, it can seem daunting. In this workshop, we move past the basics of pragmatic time management and start identifying ways…
Find out more »You’re a Teaching Assistant: Congratulations! Now What?
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: You're a Teaching Assistant: Congratulations! Now What? Dr. Paul Buckley, Professor of Chemistry This –VIRTUAL– event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty Teaching and managing a class is always a challenge, even for seasoned veterans of the classroom. This workshop provides strategies to help with the everyday challenges of presenting information to students, classroom management, and fostering student engagement, retention, and success. Discussions and scenarios will…
Find out more »The Post-Pandemic Job Search Blueprint For PhDs & MScs
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: The Post-Pandemic Job Search Blueprint For PhDs & MScs Dr. Isaiah Hankel (The Cheeky Scientist) This –VIRTUAL– event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty The post-COVID19 job market is drastically different and many PhDs are unprepared. The job search methodology that worked prior to the pandemic is no longer effective because worldwide unemployment rates are at all-time highs, the global economy has crashed into a recession and employers…
Find out more »Professional Headshot Photoshoot
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: Professional Headshot Photoshoot Make a great first impression with your profile picture on LinkedIn, ResearchGate, or any other career network platform. The PDI is offering FREE professional headshots. Register using the link below and meet us at the top of Terrell Library at 12:00 pm to take your professional headshots. Make Sure You Are Dressed Appropriately for your industry. Rules for this event: This event will be outdoors. Follow the signs to keep…
Find out more »Writing Workshop Series: Critical Reading Strategies
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: WRITING WORKSHOP SERIES: CRITICAL READING STRATEGIES Lorena O'English, WSU Librarian and Tenured Faculty, and Intissar Yahia and Bill Engels, Graduate Writing Center Consultant This –VIRTUAL– event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty The Critical Reading Strategies seminar will focus on active reading techniques in order to improve reading comprehension and facilitate practical application of sources into the writing process. This seminar will feature information on…
Find out more »#MeToo Fieldwork Training
THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE PRESENTS: #MeToo FIELDWORK TRAINING Presenter: Jerika L. Heinze, Founder of the Fieldwork Initiative This --VIRTUAL-- event is free for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for faculty Sexual harassment during research fieldwork has been a far reaching problem which has been silenced in academia for far too long. In response, Fieldwork Initiative Founder Jerika L. Heinze will deliver a first of it's kind safety training which focuses on sexual harassment…
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